How to arrange your own fancy hand-tied bouquet

It’s pretty much the easiest – and most Instagrammable – way to feel like a proper adult: get some flowers, arrange them in a vase, and proudly display them on a table.
Or even better, giving a fancy bouquet to a friend when you arrive at their dinner party.
Or you can go for the ultimate sophisticated grownup move – create your own hand-tied bouquet, give it to a friend at their dinner party, then play off your coolness like it’s no big deal.
That’s how you win at adulthood.
In a choice between that and buying a house, getting married, or adopting a puppy, arranging your own flowers is... read more

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